The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 8, 1909
Waning Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 AM
3:44 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -163
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.0° / 236.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / 5.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.87° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.71° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.23° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.